He Frowned — Ali Aoenal Translation – Parallel Quran

1 He Frowned

عَبَسَ وَتَوَلَّىٰ

He (a disbelieving, haughty man) frowned and turned away

AAabasa watawalla

أَن جَاءَهُ الْأَعْمَىٰ

Because (while he was talking with the Messenger) the blind man approached him

An jaahu al-aAAma

وَمَا يُدْرِيكَ لَعَلَّهُ يَزَّكَّىٰ

What would inform you (O haughty one) but that he might grow in purity (by doing good deeds)

Wama yudreeka laAAallahu yazzakka

أَوْ يَذَّكَّرُ فَتَنفَعَهُ الذِّكْرَىٰ

Or that he might grow mindful (of God’s Message), and the reminder benefit him

Aw yaththakkaru fatanfaAAahu alththikra

أَمَّا مَنِ اسْتَغْنَىٰ

As for him who deems himself to be independent (not needy of Divine guidance because of pride in his wealth and status)

Amma mani istaghna

فَأَنتَ لَهُ تَصَدَّىٰ

You (O Messenger) attend to him (so that he may accept Islam and reform)

Faanta lahu tasadda

وَمَا عَلَيْكَ أَلَّا يَزَّكَّىٰ

Though you are not accountable if he does not grow in purity (through acceptance of faith and fulfilling its obligations and responsibilities)

Wama AAalayka alla yazzakka

وَأَمَّا مَن جَاءَكَ يَسْعَىٰ

But as for him who came to you eagerly

Waamma man jaaka yasAAa

وَهُوَ يَخْشَىٰ

And he was in awe of God

فَأَنتَ عَنْهُ تَلَهَّىٰ

You divert your attention from him (to the other)

Faanta AAanhu talahha

كَلَّا إِنَّهَا تَذْكِرَةٌ

No indeed! It surely is a reminder and an admonition (that suffices for all who come to it with an open heart)

Kalla innaha tathkiratun

فَمَن شَاءَ ذَكَرَهُ

So whoever wills receives admonition and takes heed

Faman shaa thakarahu

فِي صُحُفٍ مُّكَرَّمَةٍ

(It is recorded) in scrolls greatly honored

Fee suhufin mukarramatin

مَّرْفُوعَةٍ مُّطَهَّرَةٍ

Exalted (in God’s sight) and perfectly purified (of falsehood, vanity, and inconsistency)

MarfooAAatin mutahharatin

بِأَيْدِي سَفَرَةٍ

(Borne) by the hands of angel-envoys

Bi-aydee safaratin

كِرَامٍ بَرَرَةٍ

Noble and virtuous

Kiramin bararatin

قُتِلَ الْإِنسَانُ مَا أَكْفَرَهُ

Human is ruined – for how thankless and disbelieving he is

Qutila al-insanu ma akfarahu

مِنْ أَيِّ شَيْءٍ خَلَقَهُ

(Does he never consider) from what thing He has created him

Min ayyi shay-in khalaqahu

مِن نُّطْفَةٍ خَلَقَهُ فَقَدَّرَهُ

From a drop of (seminal) fluid; He has created him and fashioned him in measured proportions (for his shape and for his life)

Min nutfatin khalaqahu faqaddarahu

ثُمَّ السَّبِيلَ يَسَّرَهُ

Thereafter He has made the path (to God) easy for him

Thumma alssabeela yassarahu

ثُمَّ أَمَاتَهُ فَأَقْبَرَهُ

Thereafter He causes him to die and buries him

Thumma amatahu faaqbarahu

ثُمَّ إِذَا شَاءَ أَنشَرَهُ

Thereafter, when He wills, He raises him again to life

Thumma itha shaa ansharahu

كَلَّا لَمَّا يَقْضِ مَا أَمَرَهُ

No indeed! Human has not fulfilled what God enjoined on him

Kalla lamma yaqdi ma amarahu

فَلْيَنظُرِ الْإِنسَانُ إِلَىٰ طَعَامِهِ

Then, let human consider his food (and so reflect on his Lord’s Mercy and the truth of Resurrection)

Falyanthuri al-insanu ila taAAamihi

أَنَّا صَبَبْنَا الْمَاءَ صَبًّا

That We pour down the water in abundance

Anna sababna almaa sabban

ثُمَّ شَقَقْنَا الْأَرْضَ شَقًّا

Then We split the earth in clefts

Thumma shaqaqna al-arda shaqqan

فَأَنبَتْنَا فِيهَا حَبًّا

And so We enable grain to grow therein

Faanbatna feeha habban

وَعِنَبًا وَقَضْبًا

And grapes, and edible plants

WaAAinaban waqadban

وَزَيْتُونًا وَنَخْلًا

And olive-trees and date-palms

Wazaytoonan wanakhlan

وَحَدَائِقَ غُلْبًا

And gardens dense with foliage

Wahada-iqa ghulban

وَفَاكِهَةً وَأَبًّا

And (diverse other) fruits and herbage

Wafakihatan waabban

مَّتَاعًا لَّكُمْ وَلِأَنْعَامِكُمْ

As a means of livelihood for you and your animals

MataAAan lakum wali-anAAamikum

فَإِذَا جَاءَتِ الصَّاخَّةُ

But when the piercing Cry (heralding the Resurrection) sounds

Fa-itha jaati alssakhkhatu

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ الْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

On that Day when a person flees from his brother

Yawma yafirru almaro min akheehi

وَأُمِّهِ وَأَبِيهِ

And from his mother and father

Waommihi waabeehi

وَصَاحِبَتِهِ وَبَنِيهِ

And from his spouse and his children

Wasahibatihi wabaneehi

لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مِّنْهُمْ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَأْنٌ يُغْنِيهِ

Everyone on that Day has concern of his own enough to make him heedless (of anything else)

Likulli imri-in minhum yawma-ithin sha/nun yughneehi

وُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ مُّسْفِرَةٌ

Some faces will on that Day be radiant with happines

Wujoohun yawma-ithin musfiratun

ضَاحِكَةٌ مُّسْتَبْشِرَةٌ

Smiling, rejoicing at good tidings

Dahikatun mustabshiratun

وَوُجُوهٌ يَوْمَئِذٍ عَلَيْهَا غَبَرَةٌ

And some faces will on that Day be dust-stained

Wawujoohun yawma-ithin AAalayha ghabaratun

تَرْهَقُهَا قَتَرَةٌ

Veiled in darkness

Tarhaquha qataratun

أُولَٰئِكَ هُمُ الْكَفَرَةُ الْفَجَرَةُ

Those are the unbelievers, shameless and dissolute

Ola-ika humu alkafaratu alfajaratu

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